The King Edward VI School Open Evening
Thursday 11 October 2018 from 4.30pm – 7.00pm.
The King Edward VI High School would like to warmly invite the parents/carers of prospective students to visit their school and meet staff and students at our Open Evening on Thursday 11 October 2018 from 4.30pm – 7.00pm.
There will be a presentation at 5.00pm in the Lower School Hall. This presentation will be repeated again at 6.00pm. Please attend whichever presentation is most convenient for you.
Please note that parking is restricted on the school site, therefore we would appreciate it if you could car share or walk where possible to this event.
The portal for applying for places in Northumberland is now open and closes at midnight on Wednesday 31 October. Further information about the admissions process can be found by following the link below:
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/Admissions.aspx?nccredirect=1
Dear Parents/Carers,
We have had a very busy few weeks at Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School.
Thank you to all the children who gave up Thursday evening to help with our open evening on Thursday, 27th September. It was a very successful event and visitors really appreciated the great work of our student body as seen by the comments below:
“May we take this opportunity to congratulate you and all your staff on an excellent Open Evening at DTMS last night. It was very well planned out and the activities and workshops were outstanding. Our daughter thoroughly enjoyed the evening as did all the other children and parents we spoke to. Happy parents and happy children ! “
“We (myself, my husband and my son) attended the open evening at the school this evening. I wanted to write to say how excellent our tour guide was. She was very polite and very articulate about the school and her experience there. She answered all our questions, showed us everything we wanted to see, and was very patient, waiting while we tried the various activities in the class rooms. She was our guide from 5.30 pm until nearly 7.00 pm and was enthusiastic the whole time.”
Thank you once again to all those who gave up their time to represent our school.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Today saw our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning for Year 5 Parents. Thank you to all those people who donated cakes and raffle prizes. Some people did very well in the raffle! We raised £400.
Dr Thomlinson Sporting Fixtures
Our school’s sporting fixtures have resumed and I am able to state that history has been made. Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School have won their first ever netball league match (well, in living memory…)!
Netball Match Report – Dr Thomlinson’ v Duchess
The Best Team for 10 Years
An excellent Dr T’s performance in the opening netball match of
the season saw a hard fought victory against a lively Duchess Team. For the
first time in ten years Dr Thomlinson’s C of E Middle School won a netball
match. Ten years is a long time to wait! Lilly won the toss and we
decided to start the game. The first quarter was tight with Dr T’s scoring near
to the end with a fine shot from Milly – 1-0 to Dr T’s. Scoring our first goal
of the season was thrilling. In the second quarter our team were working
really hard and a good pass allowed Ellie the opportunity to shoot and score –
2-0 to Dr T’s. Duchess started to put pressure on our defence and scored – 2-1
to Dr T’s. In the third quarter the game started to open up and Dr T’s had more
chances to increase their lead. Excellent teamwork moved the ball quickly in to
the final third and Ellie shot and scored – 3-1. The final quarter of the
match saw the Dr T’s players hold on to their lead with excellent defending.
The whistle blew and the match was over. We had won! I’m sure Duchess were
disappointed but the way our team played – we deserved it! Well Done Dr T’s!!
The Team – Catalina (Player of the match), Ellie (2 goals), Milly
(1 goal), Lilly and Bella who did some excellent passes, Laila and Martha who
were fantastic in defence and Olivia who was a great goalkeeper. Next fixture
is at home against Ashington.
Thank you to Ellie and Milly for this blow by blow account.
We have a busy week ahead of us in terms of sporting fixtures. On Monday our U11 girls are playing Chantry Middle School; our students are taking part in the Northumberland Cross-Country event at Gateshead stadium on Tuesday and on the same day our U11 boys are playing football against Chantry.
5H Roast Dinner Day – 3rd October, 2018
We look forward to seeing parents/carers of 5H on Wednesday for their roast dinner at 12pm on Wednesday, 3rd October.
Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Awards – Week beginning 10th September
5T Kai
5H Daisy
6O Cerys
6M Cameron
7L Jasmine
7I Molly
8N Jess
8S Bertie
Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Awards – Week beginning 177h September
5T Hannah
5H Rosie
6O Leah
6M Katy
7L Lulu
7I Matilda
8N Ellie
8S Edward
Well done to Jasper and Madden for winning Mathematician of the Week
Well done to Hugo for winning our P&Q award.
Well done to all these award winners.
School Gateway
Please be aware that we are still experiencing difficulties with School Gateway. We are currently working closely with the provider of the service to ensure the ongoing difficulties are resolved. Thank you for your patience.
I hope you have a lovely weekend,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
Thank you to everyone who baked and then came along and supported our coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
We made a grand total of £400.19.
School photographs were taken today for all those who returned their GDPR Photo consent form and gave permission.
Please can they be returned by Thursday 11 October. If you miss this deadline please follow the ordering instructions on the form.
Open Evening – Thursday 27 September 2018
Children in Year 4 will be moving on to the next phase of their education in September 2019. The portal for applying for Middle School places in Northumberland opens on Wednesday 12th September and closes at midnight on Wednesday 31st October. Further information about the admissions process can be found by following the link below:
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/Admissions.aspx (please note that this portal will not go live until Wednesday 12th September).
Final confirmation regarding the allocation of places is made on March 1st 2019.
In order to help you make the decision about which school to apply to, we warmly invite you to attend our Open Evening on Thursday 27 September from 1.30-3.00 pm and 5.30 – 7.00pm.
The evening will give you the opportunity to have a look around the school(s), meet staff and students and see examples of students work. Children are welcome to attend the evening session. Those wishing to bring children to the afternoon session must seek permission from their child’s school.
Northumberland County Council are currently consulting on sport and leisure facilities in Morpeth and we are interested in your views on the attached proposal to locate shared school and community sports facilities on the King Edward VI School site. KEVI is one of the only high schools in the country without these type of facilities.
The aim is to provide high quality sports facilities on the school site to enable a broad school sport curriculum, significant extra-curricular sports activities, improve access to sport for all abilities, a community sports hub for local clubs and a community sports centre for the growing local population.
Additional benefits would include
- a new vehicle entrance for the whole site to the North of the school which would improve road safety and congestion on Cottingwood Lane
- create space within the school to add classrooms that accommodate the growing student population in Morpeth
An outline feasibility study is available to view here; if the proposal were supported further consultation would be needed to develop the detail.
Please can you follow this link to a short survey to help us understand your views.
Unfortunately we have had to postpone Sports Day today due to the rain. It has been scheduled for Friday 13 July at 1.00 pm and is replacing our Awards Assembly.
Dear Parents/Carers,
It has been a very busy two weeks at Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School.
We are very proud of our Young Sports Leaders and they played a key role in assisting in the running of the Northumberland School Games Finals on 11th June.
Thursday, 14th June saw our Year 5 new intake evening and we were delighted to see so many new Year 5 children. We look forward to welcoming them to our transition days on Thursday, July 5th and Friday, July 6th. Both children and parents really appreciated our student helpers during the evening and our House Captains and newly appointed Buddies played a key role in the evening showing our visitors round our school.
Well done to the Year 7 & Year 8 Girls who took part in the Beach Rugby at Tynemouth on June 15th. Mrs. Corbett said that she was very impressed with the efforts of all those who took part.
Also on June 15th was the Inter Area Athletics competition at Glendale Middle School. Well done to the following pupils who achieved a top four placing in their event:
U12 800 Metres – Elliot finished 3rd; Molly finished 4th
U12 80 Metres – Chloe finished 4h
U14 800 Metres – Max finished 4th
U13 100 Metres – Tom finished 3rd; Laila finished 3rd
U13 300 Metres – Aaron finished 3rd
U14 300 Metres – Amy finished 3rd
U13 1500 Metres – Bertie finished 1st; Jessie finished 1st
U14 100 Metres – Niamh finished 3rd
U14 1500 Metres – Robert finished 1st; Hazel finished 2nd
U13 200 Metres – Charlie finished 3rd; Ellie finished 1st
U14 200 Metres- Marcus finished 4th; Lily finished 3rd
U12 Ball Throw – Edward finished 4th
U13 Javelin – Edward finished 1st; Milly finished 4th
U14 Javelin – Charlotte finished 4th
U12 Long Jump – Chloe finished 3rd
U13 Long Jump – Frankie finished 4th
U14 Discus – Hazel finished 3rd
U14 shot – Elle finished 3rd
U12 Boys Relay – Team finished 3rd
Our Girls Relay Teams finished 3rd in the U12 Relay; U13 Relay and the U14 Relay
On Monday, June 18th our school took part in an Athletics team event and well done to Charlie; Tom; Seth and Aaron who finished 3rd in the Boys Relay; to Edward who finished 1st in the Discus; to Bertie who finished 1st in the 1500 Metres and Dan who finished 3rd in the Shot.
Our Year 8 students are taking part in the Archbishops Young Leaders Award and over the past three weeks have been assisting lessons in Rothbury First School and Thropton First School as well helping tend gardens in Rothbury. All the staff involved agreed that they were a credit to the school in their behavior and application.
Well done to the 40 children who took part in the Orienteering event at Wallington today. More details about the event will follow at a later date.
On Monday our Year 6 trip to London will depart. They are very much looking forward to an exciting week.
Next week all our students will be taking part in National Sports Week. All students will need their PE kit on each day of the week.
Year 8 King Edward VI 1:1 Meetings – Please can all Year 8 Parents note that the KEVI 1:1 interviews will take place at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School on the evening of June 28th.
Please note that school will be closed on Friday, June 29th for teacher training.
Have a good weekend,
Liam
